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cockscomb

noun

Etymology

From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb.

  1. inherited from cokkes comb

Definitions

  1. A fleshy red crest of a rooster

  2. A red cap once worn by court jesters

  3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having…

      An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers

      • She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.

    2. A conceited dandy

    3. A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail…

      A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA